New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-11
LITERARY NOTES.

new volume of the unpublished works OF victor
Hugo is announced in Paris. 1t is entitled Chooses
vue,v and is In the nature of special reporting OF
notable events 1t describes the funerals OF Napoleon
and Mile Mars and the death OF Balzao and 1t con-
tans personal articles Theirs, Rochefort Beranger,
1alley rand and Lord Normandy.
Mr. Remnants account OF his visit to Count Tosto is
the freshest and least Conventional paper in "Ihe
Century" Tolsto as he describes him, Is man OF
genius who rnery folio the Quaker In his doctrine OF
non resistance aud whose philosophy 10 too cranky
to be of positive help to mankind. 1t is not the
pessmist nor the materialst who pushes the world
forward. But what magnificent 'eonine mead Is
of splendid forest BRUTE not fierce, but dissatisfied
snd yearning.
When Mr. KEENAN, in writing of the inconsequent
and illogical Russians calls them childish, doesn
ho mean that they ohild-likeT That word
seems to more perfectly express his meaning other
wise dehued.
q Eliza Southgato was charming New-En gland girl
who married at the beginning OF this century MI
Bovine, a young gentleman of this city. She was an
observant damsel and the writer of letters In which
her observations were presented in graceful and
sparkling way. These personal letters describing
the society of her time have been preserved by her
descendants and selections from them Wall De printed
in the July Scribner."
The second volume OF I" Appletons CyclopDdia OF
American Biography will be brought from the press
about the Goth Of this mouth 1t will contain the
biographies of q large number OF noted persons who
OF their countrymen. The article on Abraham Lin
coin has been prepared by Colonel John Hay; Henry
Cabot Lodge has dealt with Alexander Hamilton, and
George William Curtis has set forth the history OF
Hawthorne. General Horace Porter has contributed
the article on Grant; W. E. Chandler that on John Z.
Hale aud William Waiter Phelps that on Garfield.
Professor Charles Eliot Norton has written the
sketch Ut Longicllow.
There thirteen different issues In this
country of Rider Hsggards novel She," and The
American bookseller says in regard to them:
alt is very well known that an uptown syndicate
enpplies two, II not three publishers either with the
plate, at certain rental per 600 sheets printed,
or with the completed book. A downtown publisher
uupples plates sheets with their imprints to his
conn etitors This Capitalization of manufacture will
probably 90 until all those who engaged in
printing the English novel embraced in it. 1t is
Unreasonable to suppose that American publishers
will 20 on expanding the handsome profits which
result from such a sale She has had in the need
less repetition of plates, especially when the same
rivalry must extend at times to books in which there
are no profits. That this central manufacture of
books will extend to productions other than the novel
Is not very likely There are few books but novels in
regard to which it would pay TO make such arrange
ment. But in regard 10 the novel, there 10 the posi-
bty that this ad vantage OF central manufacture and
6i.tr button by many publishers with their imprints
might be extended to copyright productions 1t is
hardly likely; yet there have been changes quite
great as in the publishing business within the last
score OF years"
Bret Harte's story The Crusade of the Ex-
cellent,' will be brought out Immediately iu book
torn by Hougbton, Miiin Co.
General John Pope in bis "North American
Review article invites discussion Of tho suggestion
that our common school education is killing orgi-
naty and turning out unimportant men much alike
as buttons from factory. 1t is certain that in the
average public school boys taught in platoons,
mud with 10 attention to Individual needs The boy
"A compelled to adapt himself to the teachings the
teaching is not adapted to the bog.
Mr. Arlo Bates, the Boston journalist has written
new story whichhe has entitled A Lads Love" The
scene is laid at Campotc clio. OH tho New-Brunswick
coast. Roberts Brothers are about 10 publish the
book.
DIR. Edgar f. Saltus, young gentleman who ap-
pears to find this world poor place to live in has
written novel OF pessinism, which he ca lis Mr.
Incoul's Misadventure'
That is picturesque story which Madame Jeanne
Dieulafoy tells in Harper" She is very modest in
narrating her share in the discoveries the site of
the royal City OF Darius, but it is easy to read be-
tween the lines that she invaluable assistant
to her husband So the French Government believed
tor it has given her the of the Legion OF Honor
Prospective visitors to Paris should thank Harper"
for the attractive paper which will give them an
Intelligent interest In the remarkable collection now
being arranged in the Louvre. In little while the
dltr in the museu. the magnificent frieze
upon which King Dariuss eyes must have rested from
Gne to time as he sat at audience in his palace.